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 94 STAT. 2200

Definitions.

Institutional undergraduate course.

PUBLIC LAW 96-466—OCT. 17, 1980

(2) striking out "on a" in clause (4) and inserting in lieu thereof "in residence on a standard"; and (3) inserting "per semester" in clause (4) after "fourteen semester hours" the first place it appears. (b) Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(c) For the purposes of subsection (a)(4) of this section, the term *in residence on a standard quarter- or semester-hour basis' means a study at a site or campus of a college or university, or off-campus at an official resident center, requiring pursuit of regularly scheduled weekly class instruction at the rate of one standard class session per week throughout the quarter or semester for one quarter or one semester hour of credit. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 'standard class session' means one hour (or fifty-minute period) of academic instruction, two hours of laboratory instruction, or three hours of workshop training. "(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an institutional undergraduate course leading to a standard college degree offered by a college or university in residence shall be considered to be a full-time course if— "(1) the educational institution offering such course considers such course to be a full-time course and treats such course as a full-time course for all purposes, including (A) payment of tuition and fees, (B) the awarding of academic credit for the purpose of meeting graduation requirements, and (C) the transfer of such credits to an undergraduate course meeting the criteria set forth in subsection (a)(4) of this section; "(2) less than 50 percent of the persons enrolled in such course are receiving educational assistance under this title; "(3) such course would qualify as a full-time course under subsection (a)(4) of this section, except that it does not meet the requirements of such subsection with respect to weekly class instruction; and "(4) the course requires— "(A) pursuit of standard class sessions for each credit at a rate not less frequent than every two weeks; and "(B) monthly pursuit of a total number of standard class sessions equal to that number of standard class sessions which, during the same period of time, is required for a course qualifying as a full-time course under subsection (a)(4) of this section.". ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON VETERANS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

38 USC 1792.

38 USC 1601 et seq., 1651 et seq., 1700 et seq.

SEC. 346. The text of section 1792 is amended to read as follows: "(a) There shall be an advisory committee formed by the Administrator which shall be composed of persons who are eminent in their respective fields of education, labor, and management and of representatives of institutions and establishments furnishing education to eligible veterans or persons enrolled under chapter 32, 34, or 35 of this title. The committee shall also include veterans representative of World War II, the Korean conflict era, the post-Korean conflict era, the Vietnam era, and the post-Vietnam era. The Assistant Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education (or such other comparable official of the Department of Education as the Secretary of Education may designate) and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment shall be ex officio members of the advisory committee.

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